A euphemism is a word or phrase that is used in place of a disagreeable or offensive term. When a phrase becomes a euphemism, its literal meaning is often pushed aside. Euphemisms are used to hide unpleasant idea, even when the term for them is not necessarily offensive.

Euphemism is interesting to be analyzed and discussed in order to get deep information or massage behind the word, phrase or sentence which contains of euphemism. It is not only important for certain group of people, but also involves all levels of society to use euphemism to avoid losing face.

This research is conducted to find out the types, styles and functions of euphemism used in The Jakarta Post newspaper. The descriptive qualitative method is the research design of this study. The data is collected from The Jakarta Post newspaper through the process of reading the newspaper, selecting and classifying the selecting data based on the type, style and function of euphemism. The data is analyzed using the following steps: (1) categorizing the data based on the types, styles and functions of euphemism, (2) interpreting the data obtained from each category based on euphemism theory, and (3) drawing conclusion as the result of analysis. While, the instrument of this study is the researcher herself.

As the result, the researcher finds the main findings of this thesis, those are: (1) seven types of euphemism: metaphor, idiom, circumlocution, acronym and abreviation, hyperbole, metonymy and synecdoche, (2) four styles of euphemism: formal, casual, intimate, and frozen style, and (3) four functions of euphemism: to inform, to convince, to evaluates and to modalize.

Finally, the researcher hopes that this thesis could give contribution especially to the researcher herself, to the readers and to the next researchers in the case of euphemism study. It is hoped for further researchers who want to study on the same topic to analyze euphemism deeper or more specific, such as study about metaphor, hyperbole or another type, style or function of euphemism.